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Throngs of politicians, friends and family of former Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill gathered in Cambridge for the Democrat's funeral here Monday morning...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Politicians, Friends Attend Funeral for 'Tip' O'Neill | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

...armored-car garage in nearby Cheektowaga; it killed him and a co-worker. A third blew up Lazore-Lanza and her friend; she was Eleanor Fowler's daughter from an earlier marriage. And on the St. Regis Indian Reservation near the state's northern tip, an exploding package lacerated the legs of Lazore-Lanza's uncle, William Lazore. Identical parcels were sent to the Fowlers' daughter Lucille and her boyfriend but were detonated safely by authorities. All four explosions occurred within 90 minutes. It was as if someone was tracing the Fowler family tree -- in fire and blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death on Delivery | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

Cambridge and Harvard officials yesterday lamented the passing of Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., a wellknown Cantabrigian Democrat whose political career began in North Cambridge and culminated with a decade as speaker of the House...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Speaker O'Neill Dies at 81 | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

...thing about Tip was that he was fiercelypartisan--very, very much an ideologicalliberal--but he got along well with people alongboth sides of the aisle," said Mickey Edwards, alecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School ofGovernment...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Speaker O'Neill Dies at 81 | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

This linguistic problem is only the tip of a much larger debate on the meaning of gender in our time. Are the sexes best served through disregarding the differences between men and women, or through recognizing those differences? The most recent issue of Peninsula makes that publication's views clear. According to the magazine, one of the editors' women of the year, Maggie Gallagher, believes that "while mainstream feminism tells us sexual equality means recognition of the androgynous ideal and a denial of gender stereotypes, in the end, women will still be women, and men will...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: The Neutering of Language | 12/17/1993 | See Source »

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